This first instalment in The Original Astronist Lecture Series focuses on a basic delineation of Astronist tenets and principles by means of the explanation of the Astronic tradition, the tradition of religion from which Astronism derives its lineage. The second half of the presentation centres on the question of the future of religion and places in the minds of viewers the notion that Astronism represents a new approach to traditional religious beliefs and ideas through a cosmocentric view of the world. The question of religion's future is regarded as answered through The Founding of Astronism, a notion that is strengthened furthermore by Astronism's connections to the origins of religion during the Upper Palaeolithic with the Astronic tradition.